> Subject: [linux-dvb] Announcement: wiki merger and some
> loose ends
> To: video4linux-list at redhat.com, linux-dvb at linuxtv.org,
> Devin
> Heitmueller <devin.heitmueller at gmail.com>
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>As a sometime contributor to both wikis, may I suggest you pause a moment and be sure you can use "LinuxTV" without the copyright holder on the name Linux coming after you with Cease and Desist (C&D) orders. Could they? Yes. Linux is trademarked in Germany and the U.S. by Linus Torvalds. Would they? To generate some billable hours and defend their mark, sure. This could be a case whereby bad things happen to people with good intentions. We have all seen it before.
I know it is opening a new can of worms, but in order to run the wiki/project as professionally as possible, I suggest coordinating with the Trademark owner lawyers on this one now, rather than later under more negative circumstances when the results of your improved wiki are already committed.
Michael